Umbrella with lamps mounted detachably within holes in cover support ribs

Abstract

An umbrella includes a pole with an axially extending wire hole, a cover, and a plurality of cover support ribs, each of which is formed with a plurality of lamp holes, within each of which a lamp is mounted detachably. A main wire member extends through the wire hole in the pole. A plurality of branch wire members connect the lamps respectively and electrically to the main wire member. Each of the branch wire members is disposed between the cover and a corresponding one of the cover support ribs.

1. An umbrella comprising:
 a pole with an axially extending wire hole; 
 a cover; 
 a plurality of cover support ribs, each of which has an inner end connected pivotally to said pole, a top surface supporting said cover thereon, a bottom surface opposite to said top surface, and a lamp hole having an upper end that is formed in said top surface, and a lower end that is formed in said bottom surface; 
 a runner sleeved movably on said pole; 
 a plurality of stretcher ribs having inner ends connected pivotally to said runner, and outer ends connected respectively and pivotally to said cover support ribs; 
 a plurality of lamps mounted respectively and detachably within said lamp holes; 
 a main wire member extending through said wire hole in said pole; 
 a plurality of branch wire members connecting said lamps respectively and electrically to said main wire member, each of said branch wire members being disposed between said cover and a corresponding one of said cover support ribs; 
 a plurality of retainers disposed respectively within said lamp holes in said cover support ribs and connected respectively to said lamps so that said lamps are mounted respectively and detachably within said lamp holes in said cover support ribs, each of said retainers including:
 an annular reflector shield mounted within a respective one of said lamp holes in said cover support ribs and disposed around a respective one of said lamps, said reflector shield having a bottom end which is sized so as to prevent said bottom end of said reflector shield of a corresponding one of said retainers from moving into the respective one of said lamp holes in said cover support ribs; and 
 two barb-shaped flexible retaining arms, each of which has an upright arm portion that is formed integrally with said reflector shield at a lower end thereof, and a retaining portion that extends integrally and laterally from an upper end of said upright arm portion and that abuts against said top surface of a corresponding one of said cover support ribs so as to prevent said retaining portion from moving into a corresponding one of said lamp holes in said cover support ribs, said retaining portions of said retaining arms of each of said retainers extending away from each other and being movable forcibly toward each other so as to permit said retaining portions of said retaining arms of the corresponding one of said retainers to be pushed into and through the respective one of said lamp holes in said cover support ribs, thereby removing the corresponding one of said retainers from the respective one of said lamp holes in said cover support ribs. 
 
 
   
   
     2. The umbrella as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said reflector shield of each of said retainers is shaped as a truncated cone, and has a diameter that increases downwardly, said bottom end of said reflector shield of each of said retainers being slightly larger than said lower end of the corresponding one of said lamp holes in said cover support ribs in diameter. 
   
   
     3. The umbrella as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said reflector shield of each of said retainers is formed with a cylindrical shield portion that has open upper and lower ends and that is disposed within the respective one of said lamp holes in said cover support ribs, and a flange that extends integrally, radially, and outwardly from said lower end of said cylindrical shield portion and that has a top surface which abuts against said bottom surface of the corresponding one of said cover support ribs.